Feds Drop Case Against John Edwards

In a May 31 file photo, John Edwards speaks outside a federal courthouse as his daughter, Cate Edwards, left, and father Wallace Edwards, listen. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

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Another big win for John Edwards today: Federal prosecutors have filed an order dismissing the remaining criminal charges against him. The move comes after a jury in North Carolina acquitted the former presidential candidate last month on one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions. It deadlocked on five other felony counts, resulting in a mistrial on those charges. Today's statement from the Justice Department said prosecutors will not seek to retry Edwards on the five unresolved counts. (Read more John Edwards stories.)

They wasted enough money already, he may have been guilty except for one thing and that is congress has more loopholes written into their laws than you could ever imagine. This entire thing was a big show to appease the public and just another case where the so called Feds wasted money on a trial they couldn't win due to loopholes

ladyrosedeky

Jun 13, 2012 4:54 PM CDT

Who'd of thunk it. They aren't going to waste anymore money. Why'd they bother in the first place. They know rich people help cover for their freinds and will help someone out like this or are they really this clueless or did they want to make sure Edwards had no more future? Oh wait a minute, if he changes to the Republican Party he'll have plenty of a future. Just look at Florida's governor. He committed a major federal crime in defrauding Medicare and had to pay a $1.7 billion dollar fine but he's still got elected governor. John just earned major street creds to be a part of the new Republican Party. John was just a cad who got caught.